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Coach Of The Month: IM Dagne Ciuksyte

Coach Of The Month: IM Dagne Ciuksyte

Mick
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IM Dagne Ciuksyte is a Lithuanian-born chess player and coach who now represents England on an international level. She has competed in some of the biggest chess tournaments in the world, including the Women's Chess Olympiad and Women's World Cham...

Bullet Brawl: All The Information

Bullet Brawl: All The Information

CHESScom
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Bullet Brawl is Chess.com's two-hour arena with a 1+0 time control where titled players compete for a piece of the $1,000 prize fund. Events take place every Saturday at 12 p.m. ET/18:00 CEST.  Format Schedule Prize Fund Players Resul...

See The Big Picture!

See The Big Picture!

GM Gserper
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GM David Bronstein famously said: “To lose one’s objective attitude to a position, nearly always means ruining your game.” I doubt that anyone would argue with this simple yet very powerful statement. Moreover, this wisdom can be...

Puzzles World Championship 2023: All The Information

Puzzles World Championship 2023: All The Information

CHESScom
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The 2023 Puzzles World Championship is a competition for the best chess puzzle experts in the world. The event is part of the 2023 Puzzle Week celebration and happens on January 12 and 13, starting at 9 a.m. PT/18:00 CET. Players rush and battle f...

Affiliate Program: Best Practices

Affiliate Program: Best Practices

CHESScom
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This article is a resource for Chess.com affiliates and contains answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about the Chess.com Affiliate Program, as well as tips on maximizing your benefits as an affiliate. Want to find out more about...

Chess.com Official 2024 Event Rulebook

Chess.com Official 2024 Event Rulebook

CHESScom
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In this article, you can find the official rules for all Chess.com events with prize money. Use the table of contents below to jump to a specific event. All prize money events are also subject to the Chess.com Competitive Events Policy and the Fai...

Arena Kings Results 2023

Arena Kings Results 2023

CHESScom
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Arena Kings is a weekly event where streamers play in blitz arenas for their share of 400 Twitch subs. Arenas run every Wednesday starting at 9:00 a.m. PT/18:00 CEST. In this article, you will find the results for all the arenas that happened in 2...

How To Study Openings The Right Way

How To Study Openings The Right Way

GM Gserper
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The opening is the part of chess that players study the most. I doubt that this statement came as a big surprise to you, considering the humongous amount of books and videos on this subject. When I ask my students what kind of chess books they hav...

Chess.com Reaches 100 Million Members!

Chess.com Reaches 100 Million Members!

CHESScom
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Chess.com has come quite a long way in our more than 15 years of existence, and nothing proves it more than you—the members. As of today, we number more than 100 million! From our early days until now, it has been quite a journey. Chess.co...

Can You Solve Our 2022 Holiday Puzzler?

Can You Solve Our 2022 Holiday Puzzler?

Pete
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Your favorite annual chess quiz tradition is back for the 2022 holidays. Play the puzzler by clicking here, scrolling down to the bottom of the page, or going here. Enjoy this year's quiz, and see if you can win one of our prizes for a top sc...

Coach Of The Month: GM Krisztian Szabo

Coach Of The Month: GM Krisztian Szabo

Mick
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GM Krisztian Szabo is a Hungarian grandmaster with a history of competing at some of the highest levels in chess. He's also a respected coach who offers lessons on Chess.com for players of all backgrounds and skill levels, with a track record of i...

5 Reasons Why Chessboxing Will Knock You Out!

5 Reasons Why Chessboxing Will Knock You Out!

MVP_Chess
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GM Bobby Fischer once said that the object of chess is to crush the opponent's mind. What if the object is also to crush your opponent’s face? Welcome to the sport of chessboxing! Ludwig's Mogul Chessboxing Championship will bring this fri...

Anish Giri's Brilliant Moves On Chess.com

Anish Giri's Brilliant Moves On Chess.com

NM AnthonyLevin
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GM Anish Giri, for those of you without Twitter, is one of the best players in the game of chess. At the time of writing, he is the Dutch number-one and the world number-seven. Having earned his grandmaster title at the age of 14, he reached his p...

The Secrets Of Uzbek Masters

The Secrets Of Uzbek Masters

GM Gserper
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The recently concluded World Team Championship is in the history books already. China again demonstrated its enormous chess potential by winning the tournament, even without the presence of its top players. Uzbekistan was another hero of this even...

Make Your Move—Partner With Chess.com

Make Your Move—Partner With Chess.com

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Join the number-one chess community with the biggest stars of the game in and around the most important chess events in the world. Join a trusted group of brand partners Selective, community-first partnership strategy Vertically-integr...

The Most Misunderstood Chess Rules

The Most Misunderstood Chess Rules

NathanielGreen
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Chess is a simple game, really. Queen moves here, horsey moves there, checkmate. Okay not quite, but it is true that the hard part is playing well, not learning how to play. At least, in most cases. Some rules in chess are easy to get wrong&mdas...

The 10 Most Beautiful Checkmates Of All Time

The 10 Most Beautiful Checkmates Of All Time

NM SamCopeland
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Checkmate is the essence of chess. It ends the game, providing a satisfying closure to a long struggle. Checkmates can also be incredibly beautiful. By definition, checkmate involves coordination and teamwork between your pieces. No single piece...